Walter Alfred BIRRELL

Service Number: SX6060

Enlisted: 21 June 1940, Adelaide, SA

Last Rank: Private

Last Unit: 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion

Born: Kingscote, SA, 12 May 1915

Home Town: Stepney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia

Died: Killed in action, Libya, 1 May 1941, aged 25 years

Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

21 Jun 1940: Involvement Private, SN SX6060, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion

21 Jun 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA

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Descendants of :

Thomas BIRRELL

Thomas BIRRELL was born 29 Apr 1884 in Terowie, SA and died 16 Jan 1969 in Magill, SA. He married Margaret Ellen GASTON 01 Jun 1913 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. She was born 16 Dec 1874 in Blinman, SA and died 12 Nov 1947 in Adelaide, SA, daughter of Alfred GASTON.

Other events in the life of Thomas BIRRELL
Military: WW1 3555
Residence: 1913, Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, SA

Children of Thomas BIRRELL and Margaret Ellen GASTON:

i. Walter Alfred BIRRELL was born 12 May 1915 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 01 May 1941 in Libya

ii. Stillborn male BIRRELL was born 1916 in Dudley, Kangaroo Island and died 1916 in Dudley, Kangaroo Island


Last updated : 7 June 2021